Michael Swickard's new novel about New Mexico

The U.S. House of Representatives extended special exemption privileges to special interests in a bill it passed to curb the influence of special interests. The status of the so-called Disclose Act in the U.S. Senate is still very much in doubt. Clearly this must be described as reform Washington D.C. style. By the way, all three New Mexico House members (Rep.'s Lujan, Henrich, Teague left to right) voted for this bill. Read the details here:

U.S. Border Patrol agents discovered a 130 foot long drug smuggling tunnel that spanned the width of the Rio Grande near the Bridge of the Americas Friday. News New Mexico searched the news wires for any comments from President Felipe Calderon on this development. Calderon remained silent. Unconfirmed reports have placed Calderon in Mexico City where he is said to be collaborating with U.S. Justice Department officials as composes his next scathing attack on the State of Arizona for its inexplicable paranoia over drug smuggling and border security. Read details of the tunnel here:

President Obama might have a difficult time convincing leaders from other G-20 nations to listen to his ideas on stimulative fiscal policies. It would seem that the credit markets have already strongly signalled to many countries in Europe that they are already default threats (i.e. Greece, Italy, Portugal, Spain). Though the global markets are still willing to loan the White House three billion dollars every day for the continued "stimulation" of the U.S. economy (view U.S. debt clock here), the markets have tightened the credit terms and pointed in the direction of austerity elsewhere. Read details of this aspect of the G-20 summit in Toronto here:

According to Associated Press reports the fifteen year old Mexican boy killed by a U.S. Border Patrol agent during the apprehension of a border security violator had a long history of engaging in human smuggling activities and being arrested on the U.S. side of the border. The records A.P. reviewed show that Sergio Adrian Hernandez Huereca had been arrested at least four times since 2008 and twice in the same week in February 2009 on suspicion of smuggling illegal immigrants across the U.S.-Mexico border. Read the details here:

When it comes to soccer, Ghana is a tough foe. The tiny African nation proved too much for the U.S. soccer team in the Round of 16 game yesterday at the World Cup in South Africa. Read the game story here: